I have bought three of them - paid $125, $250, $250 -- I plan on selling two of them and keeping my favorite - which I paid $250 for at an estate sale. I like to keep an eye on
www.shopgoodwill.com for older machines. Featherweights on that sight, in my area, usually go for about $200. I purchased a Singer 40K machine for less than $50 recently - my grandson thought it was so cool to turn the wheel and have it work - no bobbin needed - came in the box it was sold in originally. He spent quite a long time sewing on some leftover binding that I had with me at our LQS one afternoon.